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Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
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The age of silicon and software began 75 years ago with the patenting of the transistor

Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands.
IEEE

The effects of radiation on 1/f noise in complementary (npn+pnp) SiGe HBTs

Abstract: We present the first study of the effects of radiation on low-frequency noise in a novel complementary (npn+pnp) silicon-germanium (SiGe) HBT BiCMOS technology. In order to manipulate the ...
IEEE

The Cryogenic Temperature Behavior of Bipolar, MOS, and DTMOS Transistors in Standard CMOS

Abstract: Both CMOS bandgap voltage references and temperature sensors rely on the temperature behavior of either CMOS substrate BJTs or MOS transistors in weak inversion. Bipolar transistors are ...